Renting a room

[fairy!]

If you were renting a room in a shared house, would you expect/want there to be a lock on your bedroom door?

[bug123]

Yes! :o)

[ugly_bob]

Yes. Unfortunatley, it means you have to also get a separate TV licence though

[andy-hughes]

If I was sharing with people I didn;t know, then yes, I would insist on a lock. Friends, obviously it's different.

[lou 26]

yes

[lou100]

Yes, definatley

[kislondon]

Hi fairy! I've been flatsharing for many, many years and in many different places and have never had a lock on my door. But it just depends on a few things. Is it a busy place with lots of people coming and going? In which case I would probably get a lock. People have on the whole respected my space and in fact the only problems that I have encountered that spring to mind was when I have lived with the owners who obviously believed that as it was their property they could just wander on in! So it is a policy of mine to never live with the owner! Also if you are worrried about burglars they will just kick the door down anyway.